Ep. 316: A SEAL’s Approach to Mindset, Stress, and Shooting with Guardian Precision

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

Beau Martonik is joined by Anthony “Twan” Dickman, former Navy SEAL, Kurt Martonik, Gunsmith, and Drew Carroll of Seek One. They recently completed the Guardian Precision long-range shooting course in Alabama. They sat down to talk about the takeaways from the course, how Twan’s SEAL team background has helped him in challenging situations, how consistency leads to accuracy, how to deal with high-stress situations, and much more. Topics: 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:00 - Hunting Hawaii 00:16:24 - Twans introduction, sniper school, and SEAL team 00:30:12 - Sealed Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) 00:32:21 - What prompted Twan to take the military route that he did 00:35:36 - BUD/S 00:39:55 - Having the task-completion mindset on tough hunting trips 00:43:30 - Shooting basics, learning skills, and muscle memory 01:00:55 - Consistency leads to accuracy 01:03:06 - High-stress situations 01:20:40 - Using a sequence of events to concentrate in stressful shooting situations 01:23:10 - Call of Duty 01:24:40 - Ammunition stashing 01:26:39 - Aliens 01:27:37 - Dry firing Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes. Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @guardianprecision @thadarroll @kurt_the_gunsmith Facebook:   East Meets West Outdoors   Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices